Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
The Revelaires*	Cab Driver	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	03:06
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Joe* Glazer	We are Building a New Party	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:43
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Aarons And Ackley*	Five O'Clock	You And I	01:01
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Show and Tell	Love Serenade	03:22
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Grandpa Tell Me One More Story	I'm a Song	04:39
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song (Reprise)	I'm a Song	01:13
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Matt Lucas*	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Exponians	My Peaceful World	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	05:05
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
The Revelaires*	She Wears My Ring	You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring	02:57
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Theme from Canada	Love Serenade	04:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Matt Lucas*	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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